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BUSINESS
Jul 25, 2007

Toyota leads pack back to full output

Toyota, Honda and Mazda resumed production Tuesday at their domestic factories after key parts supplier Riken, damaged by last week's quake, resumed operations.
BUSINESS
Jul 25, 2007

Nissan profit fell again in first quarter

Nissan Motor Co. reported Tuesday another year-on-year drop in consolidated operating profit for the first quarter of fiscal 2007, mainly due to falling sales of trucks in the United States and rising raw material costs.
BUSINESS
Jul 25, 2007

Victor, Kenwood ready for merger

Victor Co. of Japan, a struggling subsidiary of electronics giant Matsushita, said Tuesday it will officially start negotiations as early as next month to merge with Kenwood Corp. in 2008, possibly in the form of creating a joint holding company that will hold all shares of the two firms.
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Jul 25, 2007

Glowing mini-fridge/heater, the world's smallest robot

Miniature fans are just so standard fare as office accessories for the long hot days of summer. International Trading Kansai Co. has crafted something rather more compelling, a minifridge that looks like a giant egg. Available in 6-liter and 10-liter sizes, the gadget gives you the option of keeping...
COMMENTARY
Jul 25, 2007

The death of Iraq's Christian community

WASHINGTON — Although Islam long has been in the ascendancy in Iraq, the so-called Assyrians, who speak a neo-Aramaic language, predate the rise of Islam. Today, however, the Iraqi Christian community faces possible extermination.
BASKETBALL
Jul 24, 2007

Evessa, KBL champ set for series

The Osaka Evessa will represent Japan in the 2007 bj-league/KBL Series. The two-game tournament pits the two-time defending bj-league champion against the Mobis Phoebus, the Korean Basketball League's reigning champ. The teams will play a two-game exhibition series. The first game will be played on...
BASKETBALL
Jul 24, 2007

Aono yearns to make big impact for Japan

He sank his body in a tiny chair — tiny for him — bending his back a bit, and gently talked with the reporters, looking at the eyes of each person.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jul 24, 2007

Japan baseball stars first shine bright at Koshien

When Japanese baseball stars like Hideki Matsui and Daisuke Matsuzaka joined Major League Baseball teams in the United States, fans could easily trace their trajectory backward to their roots in the sport.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jul 24, 2007

MLB, NPB should retire legendary Bambino's uniform number

Should Major League Baseball retire Babe Ruth's No. 3?
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2007

ABC Language School files for bankruptcy

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JAPAN
Jul 24, 2007

Tokyo swing voters facing a wide field

vision and (genuine attitude)," analyst Miyagawa said. Shiratori sees broader implications.
EDITORIALS
Jul 24, 2007

New front on the battlefield

Warfare entered the 21st century earlier this year when Estonia came under assault by activists who attacked the country's computer systems. The prospect of war in the digital domain is a sobering one for security establishments that are still unprepared for it. The proliferation of networked systems,...
COMMENTARY
Jul 24, 2007

When democracy goes bad

LONDON — "We do not want to go back to an elective democracy where corruption becomes all pervasive," Lt. Gen. Moeen U Ahmed, chief of the Bangladesh army, told a conference in Dhaka in April.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jul 24, 2007

DoCoMo's Simpure L2, Uniqlo's Hotels Homes, etc.

Word play
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jul 24, 2007

What's the difference between working in Japan and back home?

Longform

Rock group The Yellow Monkey played K-Arena Yokohama in June as part of a nationwide tour. Concerts are increasingly popular in the age of social media as users value in-person experiences.
Inside Japan’s arena boom: Sports, sound and city-building